Lau Chak Onn, the founder of Cilisos.my, MYMP and Watakala, believes that if you buy into the idea that success is luxury hotels, sports cars and the likes, you're setting yourself up for failure and a life of misery. So, what is Chak's definition of success? And what motivates him? He joins us on the show to discuss.

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Dr Eugene Tee has been in academia, particularly in the field of psychology, for more than a decade now. He believes that success is living a life that harmonises his inner and outer self. But what exactly does that mean? Dr Eugene joins us on the show today to discuss success, his passion for academia, overcoming challenges and more.

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Growing up, Vanizha Vasanthanathan was obsessed with fashion shows like American Next Top Model. But, she always wondered why none of the supermodels she saw on screen looked like her. So, one can imagine what she felt like strutting up and down the runways of Milan Fashion Week, as a dark-skinned Malaysian Indian girl. She joins us on the show today to share her journey, what drives her and how she views the word ‘success.’

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Jason Wee is the co-founder of the non-profit, Architects of Diversity. He joins us on the show today to discuss what the word success means to him and if money is factored into the way he measures growth.

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Dr Surinderpal Kaur loves language. She has dedicated her life to it and is now the Dean for the faculty of Languages and Linguistics at University Malaya. On this episode, she joins us to share what language means to her and why she’s averse to the word “success.”

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Suzanne Mooney is the founder of the Lost Food Project, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to rescuing ‘lost’ food and giving it to those who need it most. In this episode, she shares what success means to her and ponders about why society values wealth accumulation over pushing to build an equitable and sustainable world.

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To Phung Yi Jun, success is not something that can be quantified with a metric, but rather, is intrincsicly tied to her values. Despite working in the corporate sector, she doesn't look at her career as mundane and dry, but something that is fulfilling and adds value to herself and others. She joins us on the show today to discuss.

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Jared Lim is a singer/songwriter for the indie island pop band, Jumero. Not only that, he’s also a mural artist with a unique style. He joins us on the show today to talk about how he made art a career and if it’s a sustainable path to tread on in Malaysia.

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Gajen Nad is a comedian. He started performing stand-up comedy back in 2012, while working as an IT consultant in a huge corporation. Interestingly enough, he actually really enjoyed his job. But something made him leave his job in 2018 to pursue comedy full time. He joins us on the show today to share why he left his corporate job, his definition of success and what it takes to make stand-up comedy a career.

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Nalini Elumalai is a fearless human rights defender. To her success isn’t about her own personal growth, but about the collective growth of society or nation. In this episode, she joins us to discuss her unique outlook on growth and success and shares what drives her to keep doing what she’s doing.

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